DPS and Phantom Glide Hire U.S. Olympic Nordic Combined Skier Billy Demong

Billy Demong joins Phantom Glide. | Image: supplied by DPS/Phantom Glide
Billy Demong joins Phantom Glide. | Image: supplied by DPS/Phantom Glide

PHANTOM Glide announces the hire of former World Cup Nordic Combined champion, Billy Demong, as head of strategic product development. Demong, who has been an active PHANTOM Glide tester since its invention more than seven years ago, will formally join fellow recent hire, Ted Ligety, as an integral part of the design, development, and business strategy teams across the two sister companies of DPS Skis and PHANTOM Glide.

 

โ€œBilly Demong is a legend of American Nordic skiing and weโ€™re lucky to have him on our DPS and PHANTOM Glide product teams. Billy has just the right mix of experience, curiosity, and engineering prowess to help us push the limits of what is possible with PHANTOM Glide. Billy has a real drive to re-think the ways in which we travel over snow in the backcountry and weโ€™re excited to see what heโ€™s able to accomplish in that realm.โ€
โ€”ย Chico Bukovansky, Global Sales Director, DPS & PHANTOM Glide

 

With 18 years on the US Ski Team, Demong was Americaโ€™s first Olympic Champion in Nordic skiing winning the Nordic Combined event in the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. In addition to being an athlete on the U.S. Ski Team, Demong was head of the USA Nordic National Teams for two Olympic cycles, 2018 and 2022.

 

“PHANTOM Glide and DPS are leaders in innovation in the ski world and Iโ€™m excited to bring my expertise to the table. Maximizing your ski or snowboarding experience with consistent, premium glide is no different than in the Nordic world where glide is everything. Having used PHANTOM Glide for nearly a decade and being a superfan and proud rider of DPS, I am really stoked to join this incredible team and play a larger part in contributing to their legendary design and innovation here in my Wasatch backyard!โ€
โ€” Williamย Demong

 

Demongโ€™s extensive experience analyzing and testing glide and relying on PHANTOM Glide lends legitimacy to the efficacy of the product. Demong has gone so far as to substantiate that PHANTOM Glide replaces the need for typical Nordic ski prep, which is multiple layers of glide wax and hot-boxing. Demong will be a key player in refining PHANTOM Glideโ€™s offerings ahead of the continued product innovation in the pipeline today.

Phantom Glide Nordic for cross country skiers. | Image: supplied by DPS
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